FDA States Deadly Meningitis Outbreak Tied to More Drugs
A second steroid that has been manufactured by New England Compounding Center has been linked to another potential meningitis infection. The ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak…
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Gene Sequencing of New Coronavirus Speeds Up Testing
Some of the scientists that helped fight the 2003 SARS epidemic are working on the new coronavirus, which seems to be related to SARS. Researchers…
New Coronavirus Could Infect Millions During Hajj in Saudi Arabia
Back in February 2003, a 65-year-old physician living near Hong Kong checked into a hotel. Sometime during his stay, he encountered a dozen other people;…
West Nile Virus Might Be Linked to Kidney Problems
As of September of this year, there have been more than 2,600 new cases of West Nile virus in the USA, including 118 deaths, which…
New Class of Proteins Inhibit HIV Infection in Cell Cultures
A newly published study details how Yale scientists constructed an entirely new class of proteins that inhibit HIV infection in cell cultures. Yale Cancer Center…
Monkeys Cured of Ebola Zaire Virus With Antibody Cocktail
A cocktail of three antibodies has been able to cure monkeys infected with the Ebola virus if administered 24 hours or more after exposure. This…
Central American Bats Harbor a New Subtype of Influenza
It’s been reported that fruit bats in Guatemala are hosting a new type of the influenza A virus, according to a new study published in…
Virus Gene Syncytin Insinuated Itself in Mammalian DNA Millions of Years Ago
Syncytin is a gene that was found in the human genome, but is bears all of the hallmarks of originating from a virus. Back in…
Vaccine Shown to be Effective Against all Known Strains of Hepatitis C
Researchers have discovered a vaccine, developed from a single strain, that has shown to be effective against all known strains of hepatitis C. Further research…
Visual Science’s Ebolavirus 3D Model is 10 Times More Complex Than Their HIV Model
The Ebolavirus was first described in 1976 during the Zaire ebolavirus outbreaks in Africa. It’s one of the most lethal viruses on Earth, and it’s…
NDM-1 Super Bacteria Scares Medical Community in India
In Indian hospitals, over 50% of bacterial infections are now resistant to commonly used antibiotics. Surveys have shown that many widespread pathogens in India are…
Moratorium Into Research of Modified Contagious H5N1 Avian Flu Strains
Researchers have agreed to pause their work into the H5N1 avian influenza virus for the next 60 days. The research involved creating extra-contagious versions of…
Ruminant Orthobunyavirus Takes Northern Europe By Surprise
A new virus has been found that causes fetal malformations and stillbirths in cattle, sheep, and goats in northern Europe. Scientists don’t have a clue…
